- #1 Kashtah
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dannana Gaming
Windows
Trapped in a deserted Saudi village, you must explore, investigate, and survive as you uncover the dark history buried beneath the sands. You will find clues, solve puzzles and escape from enemies until you find an escape path. Your only way out is through the nightmare.
Why similar: Action 16%, Open World 15.9%, Horror 14.2%, Adventure 13.1%, Supernatural 11.7%
- #2 Darklands:Awakening
96% matchNegative15% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Limitcore.studio
Windows
You will control the protagonist to come to a mysterious prison and reveal the horrible secrets unknown here!
Why similar: Horror 19.6%, Adventure 18%, Puzzle 13.3%, Stealth 12.7%, Gore 9.3%
- #3 Five Signals
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dark Games DGG
Windows · Linux
Your wife is dead, but you can hear her voice on the phone. Follow the coordinates, explore abandoned locations, answer calls from the phone booth, and make your way deeper and deeper into the abyss. Every new call brings you closer to the truth... but you may not be ready to hear it.
Why similar: Horror 18.9%, Supernatural 14.8%, Action 12.8%, Adventure 11%, Thriller 10.9%
- #4 Desdemona
95% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Batuhan Guner
Windows
Gather your courage and face the ghost danger.Clean the curses and hunt the ghost!
Why similar: Thriller 18.5%, Horror 17.3%, Supernatural 14.7%, Puzzle 10.3%, Action 10.2%
- #5 SCP: Destruction Protocol
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Kage Protocol
Windows
In SCP: Destruction Protocol, you are a rebel aiming to destroy an underground complex and end horrific experiments. After your team perishes, you’re left alone to navigate three dangerous zones, evade nearly invulnerable SCPs, and activate the Destruction Protocol.
Why similar: Horror 21.3%, Thriller 17.4%, Action 16.2%, First-Person 12.5%, Adventure 12%
- #6 河神:沉溺之流
94% matchMixed43% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Screations
Windows
踏上《河神:沉溺之流》的旅程,在那里一个古老的村庄与深入其骨髓的诅咒斗争。揭开一个邪恶祭司的秘密,他的黑暗仪式将村庄与生死界限之外的领域连接在一起。
Why similar: Action 19.9%, Adventure 16.3%, Puzzle 13.1%, Horror 12%, Supernatural 10.5%
- #7 The Lodge
93% matchMostly Negative36% of 74 reviews2021
Dev: Mad Mountain StudiosPub: Cogswell University
Windows
A first-person, psychological horror game, The Lodge takes players on a journey into the horrors of a twisted mind.
Why similar: Horror 22.7%, Action 21.8%, Adventure 17.7%, Gore 10%, First-Person 9.4%
- #8 Mists of Aiden
92% matchVery Positive91% of 1,141 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Violent 12.8%, Adventure 10.4%, Supernatural 9.5%, Action 9.3%
- #9 Uncanny Stories
91% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Batuhan Ertan
Windows
Solve mysteries and witness terrifying things. How will your story end in this FPS horror game?
Why similar: Horror 21.4%, Thriller 20.7%, Open World 16.8%, Adventure 12%, FPS 8.1%
- #10 Shadows Peak
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 348 reviews2017
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Shadows Peak is an atmospheric, open-world horror game focused on exploration that doesn't hold your hand. You play as a writer who has decided to visit a mysterious place called Shadows Peak to gather materials for a new book about legends.
Why similar: Horror 15.7%, Supernatural 15.4%, Open World 13.9%, Mystery 9.6%, Action 8.5%
- #11 To Last
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sezer AkkayaPub: EclipSA Interactive
Windows
One evening, after leaving work, a young woman goes missing and wakes up in a basement cell. A dark voice from a speaker says: “If you want to escape, you must solve the puzzles.” But this isn’t a rescue — it’s a game. And no one has ever won.
Why similar: Thriller 22.9%, Action 22.6%, Horror 18.9%, First-Person 11.9%, Gore 10.4%
- #12 Lights out, run
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Agame Studio
Windows
A first-person survival horror game where you must cross your house at night while the fears of your childhood become real.
Why similar: Horror 14.2%, Stealth 11.9%, Psychological 11.9%, Action 10.2%, Gore 10%
- #13 Lightout 2
89% matchMixed54% of 37 reviews2022
Dev: T.H.L GamesPub: T.H.L Games
Windows
Lightout 2 is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an Abandoned hospital.
Why similar: Thriller 16.7%, Horror 16.7%, Puzzle 10.5%, Adventure 8.7%, Stealth 8.6%
- #14 Lightout
88% matchMostly Negative37% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: T.H.L Games
Windows
Lightout is a first-person psychological horror game with puzzles, Which takes place in an abandoned apartment.
Why similar: Horror 15.9%, Thriller 15.3%, Psychological 9.9%, Puzzle 9.7%, Stealth 9.3%
- #15 HUDDAM 2 BERZAH
87% matchMixed69% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: ERDEM BAYPub: NERONTECH GAMES
Windows
HÜDDAM 2 BERZAH It is a type of psychological horror blended with Turkish culture.single playercrosswordfearIt is a game in FPS style.You must progress and as the chapter passes, you will find yourself in new places and events..
Why similar: Horror 22%, Action 20.3%, Supernatural 16.2%, Adventure 15.8%, Open World 10.3%
- #16 Last victim. House of Fear
86% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Rem_card
Windows
This is an indie horror game in which you have to face your fear and escape from house by solving puzzles and escaping from a ghost. Find out the story of a serial killer...
Why similar: Adventure 17.3%, Supernatural 16.2%, Puzzle 13.7%, Horror 12.1%, Thriller 10.1%
- #17 RECursion
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Vessel StudiosPub: Black Vessels
Windows
RECursion is a horror puzzle game inspired by liminal spaces and the backrooms lore. Can you survive the eerie environments? is there something in the shadows? Its up to you to escape.
Why similar: Supernatural 18.4%, Horror 16.6%, Psychological 14.3%, Puzzle 13.5%, Adventure 11.6%
- #18 Silent Signal
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vermilion Bird Studio
Windows
You play as a rescue team member sent to investigate an offshore drilling platform that has been out of contact for seven days. But danger awaits at every turn. As you uncover the truth behind its disappearance, can you escape alive—or were you already part of it the moment you stepped aboard?
Why similar: Horror 22.2%, Supernatural 20.4%, Thriller 19.7%, Adventure 12.6%, First-Person 10.1%
- #19 KunKunPrison
84% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: EMSRoy
Windows
This is a fictional story. In the game, you need to gather clues and uncover the secrets of this prison and leave safely. All content in the game is unrelated to reality, and any similarity is purely coincidental.
Why similar: Action 22.2%, Horror 18%, Thriller 15.4%, Puzzle 15.3%, First-Person 10.6%
- #20 Dark Virus
84% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Blue Tiger Games
Windows
Infiltrate a locked house as Daniel to secure a deadly virus. In this first-person stealth horror, you have no weapons, your only hope is to hide, solve environmental puzzles, and find keys to reach the basement lab before you are caught. Can you survive the tension?
Why similar: Horror 24.6%, Thriller 23.5%, Adventure 15.6%, Puzzle 10.6%, Stealth 10%
- #21 Tarpit
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Koivu Games
Windows
Tarpit is a psychological indie horror game where you have to make TAR to rescue your friend from danger. Beware of the forces in your surroundings. The forces definitely see you... but do you see them?
Why similar: Supernatural 21.2%, Horror 20.6%, Psychological 12.4%, Action 9.8%, Mystery 8.5%
- #22 Inferis: Dead Below
81% matchVery Positive87% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Hemoria Studio
Windows
You're a journalist searching for answers... but beneath the surface lies only terror. The labyrinth you’ve entered to find the missing may never let you leave.
Why similar: Horror 16.9%, Supernatural 15.1%, Gore 14.3%, Thriller 12.1%, Psychological 11.2%
- #23 Absentia
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BloodHoundsProductions
Windows
Absentia is a first-person psychological survival horror game. As Ethan Blake gets captured in the 1940s he finds himself waking in a cell from an abandoned castle. Ethan recognizes the town however he appears to be the only living person in there. Use Stealth and Intelligence to survive.
Why similar: Action 21%, Adventure 17.2%, Horror 14.6%, Puzzle 13.6%, Psychological 12.1%
- #24 Suite 776
82% matchVery Positive91% of 754 reviews2019
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A pure terror with a twisted backstory; jumping straight into the horrors surrounding Suite 776.
Why similar: Horror 23%, Action 18.6%, Adventure 17%, Thriller 15.5%, Gore 13.7%
- #25 CULT OF FLIES
81% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Alexander Wiseman
Windows · Mac
After the death of your grandmother, strange events occur and unravel the secret of her suicide.
Why similar: Horror 15.1%, Supernatural 14.7%, Thriller 14.3%, Puzzle 11.4%, Psychological 11.2%
- #26 Myst of Guatemala
79% matchMixed64% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: CraneyPub: Yahaha Studios
Windows
Experience this first-person horror game in a tiny Guatemalan home. As a journalist, you investigate a mysterious villa after your long-lost friend Eddie calls. Grim halls, monsters, and rusty mailbox blood await. The four chapters include spooky stories, jump scares, and difficult riddles.
Why similar: Horror 18.6%, Adventure 17.7%, Thriller 14.4%, Puzzle 13.9%, First-Person 9.2%
- #27 Union Vivien
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lunight Games
Windows
Union Vivien is a mascot horror game with liminal space elements. You find a passage to the abandoned complex "Union Vivien" beneath your home. Beware of its inhabitants. Dive into lucid dreams to remember what is hidden in the darkness.
Why similar: Horror 24%, Action 16.2%, Adventure 15.4%, Thriller 12.5%, Puzzle 12.1%
- #28 Gorgeous Baby Bella
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nextr Studio
Windows
While her husband is away, Liora is forced to spend her days alone. But solitude is not as quiet as she thinks.
Why similar: Action 20.1%, Supernatural 16.4%, Thriller 12.4%, Adventure 11.5%, First-Person 9.5%
- #29 Hacksaw Massacre
77% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Catacomb Games
Windows
Hacksaw Massacre brings you to the house of the corrupt mayor of a small Canadian town who died many years ago. Set in the 1980's this indie horror game has you investigating what happened, and what is still happening in this cursed mansion.
Why similar: Supernatural 23.9%, Horror 23.4%, Adventure 13.1%, Action 10.2%, Gore 7.3%
- #30 Haemu Station: The Last Announcement
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NION
Windows
A first-person horror puzzle game set in an abandoned Korean railway station. Follow your lost sister’s voice, examine forgotten belongings and operate strange devices. Hide when footsteps draw near. In the dark, the voice guiding you may be the one you should fear.
Why similar: Horror 23.6%, Puzzle 12.5%, Adventure 9.4%, First-Person 9.4%, Stealth 8.9%
- #31 LOCKOUT
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MS Productions
Windows
Your wife and daughter vanished a year ago. Now you wake on a quarantined island with no memory, a stranger's voice on the radio, and things in the dark that hunt. Stay quiet, hide, solve what the dead left behind, and find out why you were brought here.
Why similar: Adventure 13.6%, Action 12.8%, Puzzle 12.4%, Horror 12.1%, Thriller 11.3%
- #32 HOLE: Bottomless
76% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Arashida Games
Windows
"The universe looks at you." A short liminal and cosmic horror game about escaping from a bizarre subway station.
Why similar: Horror 31%, Supernatural 27.7%, Adventure 19.9%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Action 9.1%
- #33 Lost Below
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KPAP
Windows
Descend into an abandoned mine in search of your missing brother. Explore dark tunnels, uncover disturbing secrets, solve puzzles, and evade a terrifying creature lurking in the depths in this first-person psychological horror game.
Why similar: Action 17.6%, Adventure 14.6%, Puzzle 11.1%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological 7.7%
- #34 Needle Sleep
74% matchPositive81% of 47 reviews2026
Dev: Paper Ghost
Windows
Wind your way through the darkened hallways of Blackburn Surgical Hospital. Are you awake? Asleep? Or something in between? You can search for help, or maybe decide that it’s better to be alone in the depths of...Needle Sleep.
Why similar: Horror 33.3%, Action 22.6%, Adventure 19%, First-Person 13.6%, Atmospheric 11.4%
- #35 Wendigo
75% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Noah Artime
Windows
A stealth horror game in the woods, investigate and progress while drawing as little attention to yourself as possible.
Why similar: Horror 22.5%, Supernatural 16.3%, Stealth 15.9%, Mystery 10.7%, First-Person 8.2%
- #36 Death Front
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ascended Studio
Windows
Death Front is a first-person shooter with supernatural elements. Team up in parties of four to uncover the mystery behind a series of gruesome murders while being haunted by ghosts. Do you have what it takes to face these sinister forces?
Why similar: Horror 16.2%, Thriller 13.9%, Supernatural 13.1%, Psychological 10.4%, Action 8.5%
- #37 Corduroy Hollow
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Scott H.F. Dunbar
Windows
Corduroy Hollow® is a first-person survival horror game set in a decrepit house in the middle of the woods tainted by evil and the occult. Discover the truth. Escape the mansion. Above all, fear the Corduroy Demon…and survive.
Why similar: Horror 20.3%, Action 18.4%, Adventure 15.1%, Puzzle 12.2%, First-Person 9.2%
- #38 Ancestral Mansion
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Agen
Windows
Ancestral Mansion is a Chinese‑themed first‑person horror‑adventure puzzle game. Play as a college student home to visit your father, who stumbles upon eerie events in the ancient house. Uncover the terrifying secret hidden inside this century‑old ancestral mansion.
Why similar: Horror 20%, Supernatural 19.6%, Thriller 14%, Adventure 12.7%, Mystery 8.7%
- #39 Shadows At Bay
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Locus Games
Windows
This is a first-person horror game where you find yourself trapped in a haunted hedge maze at night, chased by a terrifying ghost. You need to use the voice activated lamps to protect yourself and find the way out.
Why similar: Horror 29.5%, Thriller 23.6%, Action 15.7%, Adventure 14.7%, First-Person 13.3%
- #40 Backrooms: Lost Place
72% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: POBEDYNSKYI
Windows
Single-player horror game based on the backrooms universe. Your task is to pass levels, puzzles and try not to die during all this.
Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Supernatural 18.4%, Thriller 18.1%, Puzzle 9.2%, Action 8.7%
- #41 Lethe - Episode One
73% matchVery Positive85% of 410 reviews2016
Dev: KoukouStudiosPub: Faber Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Lethe is a first person adventure with survival horror elements. Explore an atmospheric and frightening world and uncover the dark secrets of your origins.
Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Action 21.1%, Adventure 19.8%, Puzzle 11.9%, First-Person 10.6%
- #42 Paper Dolls: Original / 纸人
72% matchVery Positive84% of 4,904 reviews2019
Dev: Beijing Litchi Culture Media Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Paper Dolls Original is a first-person horror adventure game steeped in Eastern culture. You act a man who is separated from his daughter after a car accident. When he awakes, he finds himself in a deserted Asian mansion. Find your daughter and unveil a terrifying story buried for a hundred years
Why similar: Horror 36.2%, Thriller 24.7%, Adventure 12.8%, Puzzle 9.8%, Action 8.9%
- #43 Lobotomy
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Twiluna Studio
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where you explore an abandoned mental hospital, solve puzzles, evade terrifying entities, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Thriller 18.3%, Psychological 15.7%, Horror 15.7%, Supernatural 13.2%, Action 9.1%
- #44 Stolen Life
70% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: HUMEY Studios
Windows
Stolen Life is a first-person psychological horror game. While working late, you hear a sudden scream from a coworker. Rushing to investigate, you find everyone is gone. As you search for answers, you uncover hidden secrets in your home and discover your wife is not home.
Why similar: Thriller 17.1%, Horror 16.8%, Psychological 14.3%, Action 10.3%, Supernatural 9.6%
- #45 The Depths
71% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Malicious Tree Games
Windows
The Depths is a First Person Horror puzzle solving game where you fix currents to power up doors, resetting gear boxes to gain access to new rooms and pulling levers to open up completely new areas. All the while hiding or Sneaking past The Depths Beast
Why similar: Horror 28.6%, Stealth 17.9%, Puzzle 15.5%, First-Person 13.8%, Action 10.3%
- #46 Monstah
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bisquit Play
Windows
Monstah is a first-person horror game where the protagonist is a child trapped in a terrible dream and now must escape by killing a terrifying creature haunting his house.
Why similar: Horror 22.6%, Action 15.4%, Adventure 14.5%, Supernatural 11.5%, Thriller 8.5%
- #47 Cursed Bet
70% matchMixed57% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
Windows
Cursed Bet is a horror game where you play from a body camera perspective. Enter the abandoned preschool, the subject of terrible rumors, in the midnight. Struggle the cursed doll Ebeleen as you investigate the school's dark past. Will you be able to destroy him and his curse?
Why similar: Supernatural 21%, Horror 18.6%, Thriller 15.3%, Mystery 8.8%, First-Person 8.4%
- #48 Brain
68% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: FadaStudio
Windows
“If the brain is a trap, then you are the key.” Brain is a first-person psychological horror game that offers an immersive and terrifying experience. Explore your environment and try to escape this creature that follows you like your shadow...
Why similar: Supernatural 21.3%, Horror 18.8%, Gore 11.8%, Stealth 11.3%, Puzzle 10.7%
- #49 Hare House
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GabaGoo Games®
Windows
A PSX-inspired first-person survival horror game. Explore the abandoned Hare House grounds and the facility buried beneath them, scavenge limited supplies, solve physical puzzles, and survive The Hare and the horrors left behind by the Halden Group.
Why similar: Action 17.3%, Adventure 14.3%, Puzzle 11.6%, Horror 9.2%, Thriller 6.8%
- #50 Pursuer
70% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: AntonyStiv
Windows
You are a pursuer, and your job is to catch a criminal who has more than 20 victims.
Why similar: Action 26%, Adventure 23.3%, Horror 17.6%, Open World 16.7%, Violent 10.9%
- #51 Small Nights
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xio-Fret Games
Windows
Set in a desolate forest in rural Shreveport Louisiana, a 16 year old teenager and experienced abandoned building explorer "Riley" finds himself exploring a school with a darker history than meets the eye
Why similar: Horror 34.2%, Mystery 14.5%, Puzzle 14.5%, First-Person 14.2%, Action 10.2%
- #52 Lazaretto
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 101 reviews2017
Dev: Iron Monkey
Windows · Mac
Grab your headphones and play one of the most atmospheric horror games on Steam!
Why similar: Horror 19.8%, Action 15.1%, Adventure 13.5%, Psychological 8.1%, Violent 8%
- #53 Tainted Pools
67% match3 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fox Games
Windows
Tainted Pools is a first-person survival horror set in the eerie poolrooms of Backrooms Level 130. A stalking entity lurks in the shadows, drawn to every sound. Scavenge for resources and survive long enough to find your way out.
Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Supernatural 18%, Open World 11.4%, Stealth 11.3%, First-Person 8.8%
- #54 nan
67% matchNo user reviews
Windows
Endless looping streets, elusive anomalies, psychological and courage-testing pressure, the deeper you go, the clearer it becomes, integrate details to trigger multiple endings, success or failure hangs by a thread.
Why similar: Supernatural 20.9%, Thriller 14.2%, Horror 13.6%, Adventure 11.3%, Psychological 11%
- #55 鬼打墙(剧情版)
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 228 reviews2024
Dev: KX GAMES
Windows
This is a horror game adapted from the Chinese folklore. Players need to decrypt and collect key items in different stages. Ultimately find a way to escape the foggy forest. While searching for an exit, players will be disturbed by ghosts, players need to avoid the ghosts and evade their attacks.
Why similar: Adventure 17.3%, Horror 15.6%, Thriller 13%, Puzzle 12.4%, Action 12.4%
- #56 Deluded Mind
68% matchMixed61% of 109 reviews2018
Dev: Sky HaubrichPub: Pyxton Studios
Windows
You wake up at the psychiatric institution Hillstone Asylum and find that you have been given a potent hallucinogen. As you cross the corridors of Hillstone Asylum, you notice that there's something wrong with you: The hallucinogen shows its effects and literally puts you in hell on earth.
Why similar: Gore 17.2%, Horror 16.7%, Violent 16%, Adventure 15.6%, Psychological 10.5%
- #57 Ghost Stories
68% matchMixed69% of 86 reviews2019
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
You find yourself in a deserted territory of a country house, and when you try to get out, understand that it's impossible. One on one with ghosts and your task is to survive and only then to figure out what happened here...
Why similar: Action 26.8%, Adventure 25.5%, Horror 23.5%, First-Person 10%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #58 Momo is Here
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: Laplace Games
Windows
The doors are locked, no one answers and definitely won't help. Your task is to get out and not let yourself be caught! Solve puzzles, escape from Momo's persecution and get out of this nightmare!
Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Supernatural 16.2%, First-Person 12.2%, Adventure 9.9%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #59 The Backrooms : Lost Guest
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: SternRise
Windows
The Backrooms : Lost Guest is a visually realistic, co-op survival horror exploration game developed with UE5, supporting 1 – 6 players. Evade terrifying creatures and deadly hazards while solving room-based puzzles to find your way out of the Backrooms. A chilling adventure awaits you…
Why similar: Horror 14.2%, Puzzle 13.1%, Thriller 13%, Action 12.3%, FPS 10.5%